State ex rel. Montgomery v. R & D Chemical Co.

This case is fraught with procedural infirmities. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court, finding that appellants failed to *204properly file a trial transcript. Indeed, “where a transcript of any proceeding is necessary for disposition of any question on appeal, the appellant bears the burden of taking steps required to have the transcript prepared for inclusion in the record. Knapp v. Edwards Laboratories (1980), 61 Ohio St.2d 197, 15 O.O.3d 218, 400 N.E.2d 384. Any lack of diligence on the part of an appellant to secure a portion of the record necessary to his appeal…